One of a series of "stats for dummies" with nicely done illustrative diagrams: http://theconversation.com/paradoxes-of-probability-and-other-statistical-st... WFL On 3/25/17, Brent Meeker <meekerdb@verizon.net> wrote:
The Monty Hall problem is a natural. Buffon's needles would also be good.
Brent
On 3/25/2017 12:53 AM, Cris Moore wrote:
Is there a good source for intro-level probability “paradoxes” that would give me an opportunity to pit cognitive biases against mathematical level-headedness? I have in mind things suitable for e.g. 6th-graders, things like: “I flip 8 coins. Which is more likely, that they come up HTTHHTTT or HHHHHHHH?”
- Cris
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